2024 Edinburgh Marathon Team Relay Sports

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Fast and flat, this course was voted the fastest marathon in the UK by Runners World

The EMF Hairy Haggis Team Relay is an opportunity for a team of 4 runners to take part in the Edinburgh Marathon FestivalThe 26.2 miles is split into 4 legs, each runner will run one legThe approximate distance of each leg is shown below:

Leg 1: The Royal Leg – 8.3 miles: Starting on Holyrood Park Road with the picturesque backdrop of Holyrood Park, this incredible city centre route brings you past the impressive Surgeons' Hall, designed by William Henry Playfair in 1832

This part of city is a fabulous mix of history, and festival cultureYou will run past Scotland's premier dance and opera house, the Festival Theatre, which comes alive with a variety of world-class productions, particularly during the summer festival months

The route then turns right, and meanders down the historic Royal Mile, heading towards and past the somewhat controversial Scottish Parliament buildingHere you can look up and take in the spectacular Arthurs Seat and Salisbury Crags, as well as the Palace of Holyrood, before departing the Royal Park and heading east towards the coast where runners reach the first relay changeover at Fisherrow Links, Musselburgh

Leg 2: The Cock and Pan Leg – 5.5 miles: The route then crosses the River Esk and past Musselburgh Racecourse and then continues beyond Prestongrange Mining Museum, Prestonpans, the site of the 1745 Battle of Prestonpans, Cockenzie and Port Seton where reaching the second relay changeover at Port Seton Links

Leg 3: The Gosford Leg – 8 miles: It then races on to picturesque East Lothian, along Scotland's golf coast which boasts 22 courses including some of the world's oldest and most admired like North Berwick, Gullane and MuirfieldThe route passes the village of Longniddry then enters the grounds of Gosford House before looping around and heading back to Port Seton and the final relay changeover

Leg 4: The Glory Leg – 4.4 miles: Now in the home straight the route passes through Port Seton, Cockenzie and Prestonpans back past Musselburgh Links, the famous golf course officially recognised by the Guinness Book of Records as the oldest golf course in the worldThe marathon finishes in playing fields at Pinkie St Peter's Primary SchoolWell done hairies!

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Date(s)26 May 2024
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VenueHolyrood Park Road
Address, Edinburgh, Midlothian,
EH165AY

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Event Details

Date26 May 2024
Time(s)10:00 AM - 4:00 PM
CostStandard entry: GBP 142.25, Club entry: GBP 136.25
VenueHolyrood Park Road

Edinburgh
Midlothian
EH165AY
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CategorySports


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